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Biography of Jeb Stuart (excerpt)
James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart (February 6, 1833 – May 12, 1864) was a Confederate general famed for his cavalry operations during the American Civil War. Known for his flamboyant style and daring tactics, he served as Robert E. Lee’s key scout and morale booster.
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Biography of Thomas Couture (excerpt)
Thomas Couture, born on December 21, 1815, in Senlis and died on March 29, 1879, in Villiers-le-Bel, was a French painter best known for Romans of the Decadence. Trained in Paris under Gros and Delaroche, he won second prize in the Prix de Rome in 1837 after several failed attempts.
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Biography of Leonard Huxley (writer) (excerpt)
Leonard Huxley (11 December 1860 – 3 May 1933) was a British schoolteacher, writer, and editor.He was the son of renowned zoologist Thomas Henry Huxley and studied in London, St Andrews, and at Oxford. Hist time of birth comes from the book "Huxley: The Devil's Disciple", by Adrian Desmond (London: M.
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Biography of Ferdinand Karsch (excerpt)
Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch (born September 2, 1853, in Münster, died December 20, 1936, in Berlin) was a German arachnologist, entomologist, and anthropologist. From around 1905, he also published under the name Ferdinand Karsch-Haack, using his mother's maiden name for his work on human and animal sexual diversity.
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Biography of Frank van der Goes (excerpt)
Franc van der Goes (February 13, 1859 – June 5, 1939) was a Dutch journalist and Marxist theorist, co-founder of the SDAP and co-translator of Das Kapital into Dutch. Initially active in finance, he shifted to literature and politics, founding the literary journal De Nieuwe Gids in 1885, which he left over political disagreements.
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Biography of Franz von Lenbach (excerpt)
Franz von Lenbach, born December 13, 1836, in Schrobenhausen and died May 6, 1904, in Munich, was a German painter best known for his portraits of prominent figures in nobility, arts, and industry. His social stature earned him the nickname Malerfürst ("Painter Prince").
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Biography of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (excerpt)
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, born October 28, 1842, and died October 22, 1932, was an American orator, author, and activist for the abolition of slavery and women’s rights. She was the first woman to deliver a political speech before the U.S. Congress.
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Biography of Marie Bilders-van Bosse (excerpt)
Maria Philippina (Marie) Bilders-van Bosse (Amsterdam, 21 February 1837 – Wiesbaden, 11 July 1900) was a painter, famous for her landscape paintings in an early Dutch-impressionist style. Marie van Bosse was a daughter of Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809–1879) and Maria Johanna Reynvaan (1809–1864).
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Biography of Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford (excerpt)
Louisa Anne Beresford (14 April 1818 – 12 May 1891), Marchioness of Waterford, was a British Pre-Raphaelite watercolourist and noted philanthropist.Daughter of diplomat Charles Stuart, she spent her youth between Paris and the family estate at Highcliffe Castle. Her time of birth comes from her grand-mother, in "The Story of Two Noble Lives: Being Memorials of Charlotte, Countess Canning, and Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford," Volume 1, by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (G.
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Biography of Sina Mesdag-van Houten (excerpt)
Sina (Sientje) van Houten (born 23 December 1834 in Groningen – died 20 March 1909 in The Hague) was a Dutch painter and wife of marine artist Hendrik Willem Mesdag. She came from a notable family, being the sister of Minister Samuel van Houten.
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Biography of Carl Legien (excerpt)
Carl Rudolf Legien (1 December 1861 – 26 December 1920) was a German trade unionist and moderate Social Democrat. Orphaned in childhood, he trained as a wood turner, joined the SPD in 1885, and quickly rose through union ranks, leading the German Turners' Association and the General Commission of German Trade Unions from 1891.
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Biography of Carl von Linde (excerpt)
Carl Paul Gottfried von Linde (June 11, 1842 – November 16, 1934) was a German scientist, engineer, and industrialist.He discovered the refrigeration cycle and invented the first industrial methods for air separation and gas liquefaction. In 1876, he created the first reliable compressed-ammonia refrigerator, a major breakthrough in cooling technology.
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Biography of Barbara Elisabeth van Houten (excerpt)
Barbara Elisabeth van Houten (8 April 1862 – 27 May 1950) was a Dutch painter born in Groningen.She studied at the École du Louvre in Paris and later at the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam under August Allebé. Her aunt, the painter Sientje Mesdag-van Houten, supported her artistic education.
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Biography of Wally Moes (excerpt)
Wally Moes, born on 16 November 1856 in Amsterdam and died on 6 November 1918 in Laren, was a Dutch genre painter and author, known for her depictions of everyday life, especially scenes with children. She studied under August Allebé at the Rijksacademie but left in 1878 during a protest, returning in 1880 when he became director.
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Biography of Carl Ernst von Stetten (excerpt)
Carl Ernst von Stetten (1857 – 1942) was a Bavarian-born German painter who spent much of his life in France.He came from a banking family in Augsburg and began studying art in Munich in 1876 before moving to Paris. There, he trained under Jean-Léon Gérôme and studied at the Académie Julian with Boulanger and Lefebvre.
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Biography of Samuel van Houten (excerpt)
Samuel van Houten, born February 17, 1837, in Groningen and died October 14, 1930, in The Hague, was a Dutch liberal politician best known for the Kinderwetje van Van Houten, the 1874 law banning certain forms of child labor. Son of a city councilman and brother to painter Sientje van Houten, he studied law and became a lawyer before entering politics in 1864.
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Biography of Taco Mesdag (excerpt)
Taco Mesdag, born September 21, 1829 in Groningen and died August 4, 1902 in The Hague, was a Dutch banker and painter.He worked in the family banking business with his younger brother Henry. Like his brother Hendrik Mesdag, Taco eventually turned to painting.
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Biography of Johann Pucher (excerpt)
Johann Augustin Pucher, sometimes called Janez Puhar or Ivan Pucher, born August 26, 1814, in Kranj and died August 7, 1864, was a Slovene priest, scientist, artist, and photographer. He created a unique photographic process on glass called the hyalotype, or "svetlopis" in Slovene, which used sulfur and mercury instead of silver halides.
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Biography of Johannes van Vloten (excerpt)
Johannes van Vloten (18 January 1818 – 21 September 1883) was a Dutch scholar, philosopher, and literary historian. He is noted for reviving interest in Spinoza and for his commitment to progressive, humanist ideals. Educated in theology, literature, and languages at Leiden University, he opposed the doctrines of the Reformed Church and advocated for the poor and the early labor movement.
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Biography of Mariano Fortuny (painter) (excerpt)
Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, born on June 11, 1838, in Reus and died on November 21, 1874, in Rome, was a Spanish painter known for Orientalist, historical, and military scenes. Orphaned young, he was raised by his grandfather who introduced him to art.
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Biography of Floris Verster (excerpt)
Floris Hendrik Verster was a Dutch painter, born on 9 June 1861 in Leiden and died there on 21 January 1927, best known for his still lifes and floral landscapes. Coming from an artistic family, he trained early in drawing and studied at The Hague Royal Academy of Art alongside artists like Breitner and Israëls.
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Biography of Gustav Pressel (excerpt)
Gustav Pressel, born on 11 June 1827 in Tübingen and died on 30 July 1890 in Berlin, was a German composer. Raised in a cultured family, he was musically encouraged by Friedrich Silcher, but initially studied theology at his father's request.
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Biography of Fernand Khnopff (excerpt)
Fernand Khnopff, born on 12 September 1858 in Dendermonde and died on 12 November 1921 in Brussels, was a Belgian Symbolist painter, engraver, photographer, and art critic. Deeply influenced by his youth in Bruges, his art evokes melancholy, silence, and dreamlike mystery.
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Biography of Gerard Bilders (excerpt)
Born in Utrecht on 9 December 1838, Gerard Bilders was a Dutch landscape painter strongly influenced by his father, Johannes Warnardus Bilders. He spent part of his youth in Oosterbeek, later a center for plein-air painters, and moved to The Hague in 1857.
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Biography of Wilhelm von Bismarck (excerpt)
Count Wilhelm von Bismarck-Schönhausen, born on August 1, 1852, and died on May 30, 1901, was a German civil servant and politician. The youngest son of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, he served briefly in the Reichstag (1880–1881) and later as president of the Hanover regency (1889–1890).
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Biography of August Allebé (excerpt)
August Allebé, born on 19 April 1838 in Amsterdam and died there on 10 January 1927, was a Northern Dutch painter and influential teacher.His early work was romantic, later evolving into realism and impressionism. A key figure in founding Amsterdam Impressionism – also called the “School of Allebé” – he offered a counterbalance to the dominant Hague School.
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Biography of Willem Witsen (excerpt)
Willem Arnoldus Witsen (born 13 August 1860 – died 13 April 1923 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and photographer associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement. Influenced by James McNeill Whistler, he depicted tranquil cityscapes and rural scenes. He also created portraits and photographs of artists and cultural figures, including the French Symbolist poet Paul Verlaine.
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Biography of Gustave Courtois (excerpt)
Gustave Claude Étienne Courtois, born on May 18, 1852, in Pusey and died on November 25, 1923, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French painter known for portraits and genre scenes. A student of Jean-Léon Gérôme, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1869 and made his Salon debut in 1875.
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Biography of William Sharp (writer) (excerpt)
William Sharp, born on September 12, 1855, in Paisley and died on December 12, 1905, in Syracuse, was a Scottish writer best known for publishing under the secret pseudonym Fiona MacLeod. This alter ego allowed him to explore mystical and Celtic themes.
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Biography of Jules Joseph Lefebvre (excerpt)
Jules Joseph Lefebvre, born on 14 March 1836 in Tournan-en-Brie and died on 24 February 1911 in Paris, was a French painter, teacher, and art theorist.He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1852 and studied under Léon Cogniet. He won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1861 with The Death of Priam and regularly exhibited at the Paris Salon, gaining recognition for his portraits and idealized female figures.
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Biography of Jean-François Portaels (excerpt)
Jean-François Portaels (30 April 1818 – 8 February 1895) was a Belgian painter from a bourgeois family.Trained by François-Joseph Navez, his future father-in-law, he started with pastoral scenes before turning to Orientalism. After winning the Prix de Rome in 1842, he traveled to Italy and later the Middle East (1845–1847), gathering sketches that would feed his work for years.
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Biography of Paolo Angelo Ballerini (excerpt)
Paolo Angelo Ballerini, born on 14 September 1814 in Milan and died on 27 March 1897 in Seregno, was an Italian prelate. Ordained in 1837, he became vicar general of the Milan archdiocese in 1857 and assumed leadership after Archbishop Romilli suffered a stroke.
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Biography of Alexis Didier (excerpt)
Alexis Didier (born March 30, 1826 in Paris – died October 9, 1886) was a famous 19th-century French medium. At his funeral, he was described as “the greatest clairvoyant of modern times.” His case represents a key moment in the clash between Mesmer’s animal magnetism and the 19th-century medical establishment, which stopped all official research into such phenomena in 1842.
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Biography of Gerard Heymans (excerpt)
Gerardus Heymans (17 April 1857 – 18 February 1930) was a Dutch philosopher and psychologist, widely considered the pioneer of experimental psychology in the Netherlands. He studied law and philosophy in Leiden and Freiburg, earning his doctorate in 1881. From 1890 to 1927, he taught at the University of Groningen, where he founded the country's first psychology lab and served as rector in 1908–1909.
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Biography of Félix Potin (excerpt)
Jean Louis Félix Potin (July 9, 1820 – July 19, 1871) was a visionary French grocer and founder of the Félix Potin retail brand. Born into a farming family in Arpajon, he moved to Paris at 16 to become a grocer’s apprentice.
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Biography of Jules Duprato (excerpt)
Jules Laurent Anacharsis Duprato, born on 20 August 1827 and died on 20 May 1892, was a 19th-century French composer. A student of Aimé Leborne at the Paris Conservatoire, he won the prestigious Premier Grand Prix de Rome for composition in 1848. ![]()
Biography of Léo Testut (excerpt)
Leo Testut, born on 8 June 1849 in Saint-Avit-Sénieur and died on 16 January 1925 in Bordeaux, was a renowned French physician and anatomist. He studied medicine in Bordeaux, though his education was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War. He resumed his studies in 1878, earning distinctions for his thesis and later became Professor of Anatomy at the Bordeaux School of Medicine, while also engaging in anthropological research.
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Biography of Giovanni Agamennone (excerpt)
Giovanni Agamennone, born June 25, 1858 in Rieti and died October 3, 1949 in Rome, was an Italian geologist and seismologist.He earned his physics degree from the University of Rome in 1884. He worked at the geodynamic observatory in Ischia and later at the Central Office of Meteorology and Geophysics in Rome.
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Biography of Otto Ludwig (writer) (excerpt)
Otto Ludwig, born on February 12, 1813, in Eisfeld, and died on February 25, 1865, in Dresden, was a 19th-century German writer, novelist, and playwright.His time of birth comes from the book "Otto Ludwig: ein Dichterleben" by Adolf Stern (F.W.
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Biography of Titia van der Tuuk (excerpt)
Titia Klasina Elisabeth van der Tuuk, born on November 27, 1854, and died on May 7, 1939, was a Dutch feminist and socialist. The daughter of a preacher and a children’s author, she was born in ’t Zandt, Groningen. Initially a teacher, she was forced to give up her profession due to deafness and hostility toward her openly declared atheism.
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Biography of August Wilhelm Dieffenbacher (excerpt)
August Wilhelm Dieffenbacher (August 14, 1858 – December 14, 1940) was a German painter and illustrator.He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Ludwig von Löfftz and Wilhelm von Lindenschmit the Younger. He debuted in 1888 with Verfolgt at the Academy’s jubilee exhibition.
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Biography of Betsy van Vloten (excerpt)
Elizabeth “Betsy” van Vloten, born July 12, 1862 in Deventer and died February 21, 1946 in Haarlem, was a Dutch poet and writer. She was the daughter of scholar Johannes van Vloten and sister to translators Martha and Kitty. She was close to the “Tachtigers” literary circle, where she connected with writers like Frederik van Eeden and Frank van der Goes, enjoying both intellectual and social interactions with them.
Biography of Wallace Lindsay (excerpt)
Wallace Martin Lindsay (February 12, 1858 – February 21, 1937) was a Scottish classical scholar and palaeographer. He held the Latin chair, then called Professor of Humanity, at the University of St Andrews. Born in Pittenweem, he studied at Edinburgh Academy, the University of Glasgow, and Oxford, where he was a fellow of Jesus College before joining St Andrews in 1899.
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Biography of Otto Güntter (excerpt)
Otto Güntter (born 30 October 1858, died 30 March 1949) was a German philologist and the long-serving director of the Schiller National Museum in Marbach. Influenced by Friedrich Theodor Vischer, he studied philosophy and modern philology in Tübingen, later continuing his education in France and England.
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Biography of Jules Férat (excerpt)
Jules-Descartes Férat, born on 28 November 1829 in Ham and died on 6 June 1906 in Paris, was a French painter, engraver, and illustrator. Alongside Léon Benett and Édouard Riou, he ranks among the most prominent illustrators of Jules Verne, contributing to nine of his novels.
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Biography of Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (excerpt)
Maria Alexandrovna, born Princess Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie of Hesse and by Rhine on August 8, 1824, was Empress of Russia as the first wife of Emperor Alexander II. The daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig II of Hesse and Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, she was well educated and raised in simplicity and piety.
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Biography of Jacob Moleschott (excerpt)
Jacob Moleschott (August 9, 1822 – May 20, 1893) was a Dutch physiologist and writer on nutrition and dietetics. A proponent of scientific materialism and opponent of vitalism, he believed scientists should take part in political thought. Elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1884, he was born in the Netherlands but studied in Germany and later wrote extensively in Italian, particularly on scienza positiva.
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Biography of Louis Pierre Gratiolet (excerpt)
Louis Pierre Gratiolet, born July 10, 1815, in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande and died February 16, 1865, in Paris, was a French anatomist, anthropologist, and zoologist.A founding member of the Société d’Anthropologie, he became professor of zoology at the Faculty of Sciences of Paris in 1863. |
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